NEO vs T800
One has a purchase path today, the other does not
US$20,000 to own with a three-year warranty, or US$499 per month on subscription. A refundable US$200 deposit is due at order; 1X states US deliveries start in 2026.
List price · checked Oct 29, 2026Preorder · Preorder deposits only. 1X states NEO works autonomously by default, and that for a chore it does not know you can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it remotely.
US$40,500 for the Basic Edition; the Open Source Edition is listed at US$54,000.
List price · checked Oct 26, 2026Buy now · Listed for purchase on EngineAI's product page.
Verdict
NEO has the lower list price ($20,000 vs $40,500). On the attributes both makers publish with a clear better direction, the published figures favour NEO on 3 and T800 on 0. This summary uses manufacturer-published data only; we have not tested either model.
Key differences
| Attribute | NEO | T800 |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $20,000 | $40,500 |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 25 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 5 kg |
| Height | 168 cm | 173 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 75 kg |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | 3 m/s |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Dexterous hand with 7 degrees of freedom per hand |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Intel depth camera |
Who should buy which
- Choose the NEO if you prioritise a lower list price, Degrees of freedom, Payload and Max speed, based on published figures.
- The published data shows no attribute where the T800 leads the NEO; compare the full table for differences that matter to you.
Where the published data differs
Every line below is computed from the two manufacturers’ own figures. Attributes neither brand publishes are omitted.
- NEO lists at $20,000, $20,500 below T800 at $40,500.
- Payload: NEO 25 kg versus T800 5 kg (400% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus T800 25 (200% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Weight: T800 75 kg versus NEO 30 kg (150% more).
- Height: T800 173 cm versus NEO 168 cm (3% more).
- Max speed: NEO 6.2 m/s versus T800 3 m/s (107% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Hand type: NEO — Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand; T800 — Dexterous hand with 7 degrees of freedom per hand.
- Sensors: NEO — Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones; T800 — Intel depth camera.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | T800 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 173 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 75 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 25 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 5 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | 240 min |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | Not published |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | 3 m/s |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Dexterous hand with 7 degrees of freedom per hand |
| Actuator type | Low-inertia tendon drives | Not published |
| Hot-swap battery | Not published by either | Not published by either |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | Not published |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Intel depth camera |
| IP rating | Body IP44, hands IP68 | Not published |
| Operating temperature | Not published by either | Not published by either |
| Teleoperation supported | Yes | Not published |
| SDK / secondary development | Not published | Yes |
| Warranty | 36 months | Not published |